The Institute of Computational Linguistics at the University of Zurich is looking for a PhD student in Computational Linguistics to work in a joint project with the English department on 'Large-Scale Annotation and Alignment of Parallel Corpora for the Investigation of Linguistic Variation'. The project aims at annotating and aligning multi-lingual parallel corpora (English, German, French, Spanish, Russian and Finnish), which will be used to study variable article use in English and German. Funding is available for a period of three years and may be extended.

Qualifications: - Master or Diploma in Computational Linguistics or related field - Strong programming skills - Languages: good English and German skills; other languages are a plus

Tasks: - Develop word-aligned and annotated parallel corpora for the language pairs English-German, English-French, English-Spanish (at a later stage: English-Russian and English-Finnish) - Develop a corpus query system for the investigation of large aligned and annotated parallel corpora

Benefits: - Salary according to the Swiss National Science Foundation rates (i.e. 42,000 CHF - 48,000 CHF per annum) - Support for conference and summer school attendance - Small and enthusiastic team - High standard of living in one of the most attractive European cities: Zurich

Proposed starting date: 01-August-2013

Applications (including a CV and academic record) should be sent to Prof. Dr. Martin Volk. See contact email.